Real support of women means urging adoption over abortion

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The Repository

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Posted Jan. 30, 2014 at 1:00 PM

Posted Jan. 30, 2014 at 1:00 PM

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade established the right to abortion on demand. In 2005, 1.2 million abortions were performed in the United States. It is an inconvenient truth, indeed, that fetuses are human beings. Each pre-born child is a sacred gift of life.

Many people of good will have somehow linked their passion for human rights and social justice to a woman's right to choose — to choose to terminate the life of a human being. At best this is an oxymoron, at worst a reprehensible lie.

If Americans wish for community solidarity in real support of women with unwanted pregnancies, they should reach out to those women with genuine compassion and encourage them to carry their child to term and offer it for adoption. In the United States, an average of 36 couples is waiting for every child who is adopted.

Do we, as Americans, really support human rights? If so, adoption, not abortion, is the loving option.